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No More Perks: Coffee Shops Pull the Plug on Laptop Users – WSJ.com

A sign at Naidre’s, a small neighborhood coffee shop in Brooklyn, N.Y., begins warmly: “Dear customers, we are absolutely thrilled that you like us so much that you want to spend the day…”

But, it continues, “…people gotta eat, and to eat [...]

Please don’t leave a message at the tone

For Some, Voice Mail Is Losing Its Allure – NYTimes.com

When it was introduced in the early 1980s, voice mail was hailed as a miracle invention — a boon to office productivity and a godsend to busy households. Hollywood screenwriters incorporated it into plotlines: Distraught heroine comes home, sees blinking red light, listens as desperate [...]

Video Poetry (Bleeding Edition)

NEW PORNOGRAPHERS – BLEEDING HEART SHOW

I leapt across three or four beds into your arms Where I had hidden myself somewhere in your charm Our golden handshake has been smashed into this shape. It’s taken magic to a primitive new place Watch ‘em run, although it’s the minimum, heroic

We hunched together [...]

Loving the Obama Kool-aid, so far.

Knowing that many of the Obama faithful (and a number of skeptics) have been disappointed with some of his choices to fill various Cabinet positions, I found this article in Thursday’s Financial Times to be quite astute.

FT.com / Never mind the team: the president does the moves

The campaign poetry is long forgotten. [...]

The Democrats’ plan, presented by John McCain

In yet another signal that John McCain is looking for change in Washington, the Republican presidential candidate urged lawmakers to adopt five improvements, originally suggested by the Democratic Party, to the government’s $700-billion proposed bailout of the US financial system.

Of course, McCain says these are his ideas. But we know the truth.

McCain [...]

GS, MS to become banks

This is an interesting twist. Obviously, it means that Morgan Stanley will be subject to more stringent regulation, but I wonder what it fundamentally means for the business model. This will be really interesting to following over the next days/weeks/months.

Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley To Be Bank Holding Companies – WSJ.com

The Federal Reserve said [...]

Silly hedgies …

There’s an old saying that the easiest way to make a million dollars in the bicycle industry is to start with two million dollars … the implication being that associating with cycling is a money-losing business; and it’s easy to see how that saying comes to pass when you look at how many bike shops [...]

New Bike Shop …

Looks like the southern part of the valley has a new little service-oriented bike shop, owned and operated by veteran mechanic Alan Greenberg.

Alan was the first person I met when I moved to Utah back in January 2002.

I had visions of being a winter bike commuter … little did I know just how [...]

Video Poetry (part Waits)

TOM WAITS – GOD’S AWAY ON BUSINESS

I’d sell your heart to the junkman baby For a buck, for a buck If you’re looking for someone To pull you out of that ditch You’re out of luck, you’re out of luck

The ship is sinking The ship is sinking The ship is sinking There’s [...]

Recommended Reading: Raising The Bar

I’ve been reading Raising The Bar: Integrity and Passion in Life and Business, by Gary Erickson (the founder of Clif Bar, Inc.) recently. I really like his model of a balanced ecosystem for a thriving business. Following this model has allowed Clif Bar to become one of the fastest growing privately-held businesses, and the leader [...]